Sunday, June 28, 2009

Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Michael Jackson





(Last Friday evening with swallows on the pond...)


Mr. Michael Jackson died a mysterious death.

If you do not respect his personality at all (from a Christian or Islamic point of view), you might get anxious about a dark shadow behind his death.

From my very personal experiences, a hospital, a medical doctor, a nurse, or a drug sometimes performs a perfect crime, whether with a clear intention or not or whether planned or accidentally.

Now, let's recall the case of Marilyn Monroe (1 June 1926 – 5 August 1962), since she died prior to President John F. Kennedy as well as Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles.

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On August 5, 1962, LAPD police sergeant Jack Clemmons received a call at 4:25 a.m. from Dr. Ralph Greenson, her psychiatrist, proclaiming that Monroe was dead at her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California.[118] At the subsequent autopsy, eight milligram percent of chloral hydrate and 4.5 milligram percent of Nembutal were found in her system,[119] and Dr. Thomas Noguchi of the Los Angeles County Coroners office recorded cause of death as "acute barbiturate poisoning," resulting from accidental overdose.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe
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This is a bad sequence, since after the death of Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was shot dead.

Anyway, President Mr. Barack Obama is safe and blessed though over so many sacrifices, in my humble view from around Tokyo...


APPENDIX A. Bake-Shop "OBAMA"
According to today's Asahi Shimbun Newspaper issued in Japan, there is a baker's shop called "OBAMA" in Baghdad, Iraq.

In 1991, the shop called different name was destroyed by U.S. air raids. Since 2003 when U.S. troops attacked and invaded the capital of Iraq, friends and relatives of the shop owner have suffered damages or lost their lives.

But, when Mr. Barack Obama was elected as U.S. President, an idea flashed on him, so that he changed the name of his baker-shop to "OBAMA," posting a name board written in English. Then, twice more clients came to buy bread at his shop.

However, as the Iraqi citizens who denied justification of the U.S. invasion account for 56% of all, the shop owner wanted U.S. troops to leave Iraq as soon as possible. Yet, he wished good relationships between the Iraqi people and the American people.

Someday, Mr. Barack Obama might visit his bake-shop, since the baker so wishes.


APPENDIX B. A Japanese Mother
Nowadays, the number of high-school students in Japan who leave school before graduation is increasing. It is mostly due to financial problems.

In a girls' high school, a student dropped out several months before graduation. She attended class for more than two and a half years, paying her tuition.

In the morning of graduation ceremony, the mother of the withdrawn student called a teacher who had been in charge of her, saying sincerely, "Please firmly praise all the students going to graduate for their efforts."

The teacher could not instantly grasp the mind of the mother whose daughter could not attain a diploma which is so valuable in the Japanese society for any girls.

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